No Awana Tonight

This week an internet challenge has been discussed frequently in children’s ministry forums and has even made the local news in many markets. People are posting images and referencing the challenge which helps promote it and make it more widely known and may cause children to seek it out. I am not going to mention…

This special day was added to the Southern Baptist Convention calendar after the Executive Committee approved the motion made by a nine-year-old at the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas. Some of you may wonder why we are using the mission moment to talk about children’s ministry. It is because children’s ministry helps to fulfill…

“Jesus wept” Many people talk about the emotions of Jesus losing a close friend. His empathy as he saw those He close to Him mourning. That could be true as Jesus was fully man with emotions like you and I. But let us look at another perspective. Jesus knew that His ministry on earth was…

In Matthew 6:14-15, Jesus is speaking to the people and in the midst of that sermon he stated, “For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your offenses” It sounds pretty severe which we’ve shared in other…

If you read the words of this verse quickly without looking at the context, then you might attribute them incorrectly. These words are very similar to the words that Jesus spoke on the cross, but this time they are not spoken by Jesus. In Acts 7:60 we read, “He knelt down and cried out with…